An easy iind satisf;iL'toiy metlKid of opening a horses luonth. The two 

 thurabs are inserted just back of the incisors and the lower is pressed down 

 so that the horse drops the lower jaw. It is usually easy in this way to make 

 observations regarding the teeth. 



I'roper met hod of lift iii<r and linhling the foot of a horse. In seckinf:^ to 

 lift the front foot of a horse the hand should be run over the cannon in the 

 manner indicated in one of the plioto^raphs. Usually a horse will lift his 

 foot as soon as this done. To hold it firmly without much elTort, the proper 

 plan is to hold the toe with the foot doubled against the elbow as shown in 

 tlie above photograph. 



